Hat-fastener



No. 622.002. Patented Mar. 28, I899. H. J. GROTE.

HAT FASTENER.

(Application filed May 25, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY'J. GROTE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAT=FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,002, dated March 28, 1899. Application filed May 25, 1898. Serial No- 681,654. (No mudeld To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HENRY J. GROTE, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hat-fasteners, the object being to provide a simple and effective fastener which may be readily applied to or removed from the hat and which when in place will prevent the hat from accidentally falling or being blown off the head of the wearer.

The invention is fully described and explained in this specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of my improved hat-fastener in use. Fig. 2 represents a side perspective of the device and a portion of a hat, the body of the hat immediately in front of the fastener being broken away to reveal the same and the sweat-band to which the fastener is secured; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fastener and a portion of the hat, the latter being shown in section, the line of section being at 3 3 in Fig. 2.

In the views, A represents apin having the pointed portion ct bent back upon itself at a into the longitudinal portion of, where the wire is given a complete revolution about an axis transverse to the main portion of the pin, as seen at a and from this point it extends back above the remaining portions, as seen at a the end being formed with a hook 0%. A bow or hook B, having the hooked end Z), is hooked upon the end ct of the pin A and extends down between the members a a thereof, beyond which it is preferably given the shape shown in the drawings, terminating in the hook I), which is adapted to engage the bottom of the ear, as is clearly indicated in Fig. 1.

The pin is secured upon the sweat-band C of the hat D by thrusting the pointed end through the former from the side adjacent to the hat and bringing it back again and allow ing it to engage the coil a of the main por-- tion of the pin, as is clearly indicated in Fig. 3. The upturned edge 0 of the sweat-band, by which the latter is secured to the hat, is preferably cut away at c to permit the bow B to pass between the sweat-band and the hat, as is clearly seen in Fig. 2. The arm or end piece a of the pin is given sufficient tension to draw the bow up snugly under the ear when the device is in operative position.- When it is desired to remove the bow from the pin, the same may be done by disengaging the bow from the hook (t of the pin, with drawing it, and then placing .it between the sweat-band and the hat.

One of these hat-fasteners may evidently be placed upon both sides of a hat and when in operative position will effectually prevent the hat from being accident-ally dislodged.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A hat-fastener comprising a pin adapted to be secured to a hat, a bow extending down from the same and formed with a hooked end adapted to engage the ear and a suitable device connecting the pin and bow, substantially as described.

2. A hat-fastener comprising a pin having a-yieldingly-supported end portion, a and a bow secured to said end portion and formed with the hook, 19; substantially as described.

3. A hat-fastener comprising a pin adapted to be secured to the sweat-band of a hat and formed with a coil, a terminating in the arm, a and the bow, B, secured to said arm and formed with a hook, I); substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, this 11th day of May, A. D. 1898.

HENRY J. GROTE. 

